On 12/22/2016 04:23 PM, Richard wrote: <<>> > It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might > want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go > from there depending on what you find. > }} this is true. my bad, failed to mention that when i was able to see other wifi signals, it was via the modem/router/wifi. installed wifi card to see if it would catch any wifi signals. as for what box is seeing; ]$ pwd /var/log ]$ grep Ethe dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004) 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 ]$ grep eth dmesg eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 5, 00:07:95:18:2b:bb eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf957cf00, 00:00:b4:be:4a:14, IRQ 5 ]$ lspci|grep Eth 00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] \ SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 \ Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01) ]$ so, card is seen and readable. maybe needs drivers? also, not mentioned before; eth0 = xfinity modem eth1 = 2Wire 2701HG-B -- The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 KDE 4.3.4 peace out. tc,hago. g . =+= Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+= If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! =+= in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=